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Old 08-05-2021, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark17 View Post
Odds don't work that way. If you flip a coin and it comes up heads 5 times in a row, the odds of it coming up heads (or tails) on the 6th flip are still basically 50-50.

History doesn't bend the odds.
I know was just goofing. Although I still have trouble reconciling this with the Monty Hall problem.
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